Drino

For other uses, see Drin.

River in southern Albania and northwestern Greece

Drino

Drino River

Location
Countries| Albania and Greece
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Ioannina regional unit, Greece
Mouth|

• location

| Vjosë

• coordinates

| 40°17′12″N 20°2′32″E﻿ / ﻿40.28667°N 20.04222°E﻿ / 40.28667; 20.04222
Length| 84.6 km (52.6 mi)
Basin size| 1,320 km2 (510 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression| Vjosë→ Adriatic Sea

The Drino or Drinos (Albanian: Drino, Greek: Δρίνος) is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, and a tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit, near the village Delvinaki. The 84.6 km (52.6 mi) long Drino flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near Ktismata. It continues northwest through Gjirokastër and flows into the Vjosë near Tepelenë.

## Name

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See also: Dropull § Name

The Albanian name of the river is Drino and the Greek name is Δρίνος, Drinos. The name of the river contains the root Drin-, which is considered to be of Illyrian origin and is encountered also in the northern Albanian river Drin (cf. also Drina between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia).[2]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Albania
* List of rivers of Greece

## References

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1. ^ "Rivers of Europe". researchgate.net. p. 3.
2. ^ Demiraj, Shaban (2006). The origin of the Albanians: linguistically investigated. Academy of Sciences of Albania. pp. 146, 148−149. ISBN 9789994381715. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.

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Rivers in Albania

* Drin (285 km)
* Vjosë (272 km)
* Devoll (196 km)
* Shkumbin (181 km)
* Osum (161 km)
* Mat (151 km)
* Erzen (109 km)
* Fan (94 km)
* Seman (85 km)
* Drino (85 km)
* Ishëm (62 km)
* Cem (58 km)
* Valbonë (51 km)
* Bunë (44 km)
* Gashi (27 km)

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